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<div>Amberoi is the common (English) name of a commercial timber which
is found from Burma to PNG:</div>
<div>http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/wood/en/www/stept-am.htm</div>
<div>so the Tok Pisin is probably from the English and ultimately from
outside PNG.</div>
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<div>I asked Rich Scaglion whether he knew what the etymology of
kaukau might be. He had written a book chapter that summarized 1700
words for sweet potato from 450 languages from PNG and adjacent
areas:</div>
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<div>Scaglion, Richard & Soto, Kimberly A. (1992). A prehisotric
introduction of the sweet potato in New Guinea? In:<i> Migration and
Transformations: Regional Perspectives on New Guinea</i>. Andrew J.
Strathern & Gabriele Stürzenhofecker, eds. Pittsburgh:
University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 257-294.</div>
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<div>He did not know of any close matches to kaukau.</div>
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<div>--Tom Slone</div>
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